Fables

Title

en_US Fables

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US First American edition

en_US Robert Louis Stevenson

Creator

en_US Stevenson, Robert Louis See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Herman, E.R.

Date

2016-01-25T16:15:34Z

en_US 1995-11

en_US 1914

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:15:34Z

Date Issued

en_US 1914

Abstract

en_US A fancy (first American?) edition first sold by Lauriat in Boston. The binding is very fragile. I like both these whimsical stories and their dramatic illustrations. The first is, e.g., a conversation between Smollett and Silver on such topics as whether there is an author and what he does for and with them. Many of the texts might best be described, I believe, as pointed jokes. Among the best are The Sick Man and the Fireman and The Citizen and the Traveller. See further comments under the Scribner's edition of 1923. I noticed Robin Greer selling a first edition from Longmans, Green for £140. His note says Herman, about whom nothing is known, produced highly effective Art Nouveau plates. Most copies are dated 1915 but 1914 would appear to be the true first. Herman is distinctive, though not my taste. Perhaps his best work here is the frontispiece of Stevenson, Smollett, and Silver.

Identifier

en_US 2428 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/77984

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Charles Scribner's Sons

en_US New York

Subject

en_US PR5488.F13 1914 See all items with this value

en_US Stevenson See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole